political repression

Gabriela Hits Military Raid of Partylist Conference in Cagayan Valley

Press Release Posted on June 16th, 2009.

Gabriela Women’s Party Secretary General Cristina Palabay today strongly denounced the raid of a conference of progressive partylists in Cagayan allegedly by elements of the 17th IBPA and 5th ID of the Armed Forces of the Philippines last June 10, 2009 as “renewed spate of attacks and harassment of partylist groups critical of the administration.” read more »

More Than the Alabang Boys: Courts, DOJ Become Instruments of Injustice for Activists

Press Release Posted on January 19th, 2009.

Gabriela Women's Party Representative Liza Maza today said the spate of fabricated cases filed against activists and leaders of progressive organizations and partylists are proof of how Department of Justice and the lower courts have long become the Inter Agency Legal Action Group's (IALAG) dirty tricks department. read more »

EO 739 Erases Civilian Authority, Creates Police State

Press Release Posted on September 23rd, 2008.

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Liza Maza today criticized President Arroyo’s Executive Order 739 as “a dangerous move towards the operationalization of a police and betrays the Arroyo regime’s propensity for totalitarianism.”

According to Maza, EO 739 which reorganizes the National Peace and Order Council places the country, down to the smallest and most isolated barangays under the framework of internal security order (ISO) that poses the risk of further undermining civilian authority. “It portends a human rights catastrophe.” read more »

Destabilization, Text-bombs: Diversionary, Creating a Scenario for a Crackdown -Maza

Press Release Posted on February 10th, 2008.

With Malacanang resorting to scaring the public anew with supposed threats of destabilization amid the damaging statements of ZTE-NBN deal whistle blower Rodolfo Jun Lozada, we cannot help but deduce that this regime is conjuring a scenario that tells us that they will stop at nothing to prevent the truth from coming out.

This was the statement issued today by Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Liza Largoza Maza, calling on the public to remain vigilant and to continue to keep tabs on the ZTE-NBN deal.
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HR 394 - MTRCB X-rating on progressive documentaries

Legislation Posted on December 16th, 2007.

A Resolution Directing The House Of Representatives Through The Committee On Public Information To Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid Of Legislation Into The Movie And Television Review And Classification Board's (MTRCB’s) X-Rating For "Rights", "A Day In The Life Of Gloria" And "Mendiola", In The Light Of Allegations That The MTRCB's Mandate For Classification Has Become A Tool For Political Repression And Censorship In Violation Of Article III Section 4 Of The Philippine Constitution And To Review PD1986 For The Recommendation Of Amendments Or Its Repeal

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HR 72 - Urban Militarization in Quezon City

Legislation Posted on July 31st, 2007.

Resolution Directing The Committee On Human Rights To Conduct An Inquiry, In Aid Of Legislation, Into The Continued Deployment Of Soldiers In Barangay Commonwealth, Quezon City And In Other Urban Poor Communities In Metro Manila, And To Pullout The Deployed Soldiers Pending Completion Of The Investigation

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